
Alastair Hilton
@London_W4 • 79,573 subscribers
I’m a photographer in London, living on a narrowboat, photographing my life. For headshots or event photography, click the link
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Well no one can say that my life isn’t one big adventure. I got the train to Woodbridge in Suffolk today so that I could go out on my sailing boat and spend the night on it. I got to my dinghy and then just needed to row a couple of hundred metres to my boat. Well, the second I rowed out into the river, the wind picked up and blew like crazy. The tide was also racing in so half way across I was rowing like mad and going nowhere. I did not fancy being pushed onto the banks as that would not have been ideal. Luckily, I managed to grab hold of a boat on a swinging mooring in the river and tied on. I sat there in my dinghy, in the middle of the river with the wind blowing so hard it was hard to think. The rain was also lashing down by this point and I decided that sitting there for the rest of my life was not what I wanted, so I called the boatyard and they sent a guy in a motorboat out who towed me back in. I never reached my boat. I tied my dinghy back up and trudged to the pub to debate what to do. My train ticket to return to London isn’t valid until tomorrow and that cost £51 so I really didn’t want to leave and buy another. I looked on my phone and every hotel in Woodbridge is a million pounds. I the went on Airbnb and found a bell tent on a glamping site for just £67. Booked! I walked here and just as I arrived, the road was flooded so I waded through six inches of water for a hundred metres, so my shoes are as if I went swimming. I’m going to have to accept that a trip to Woodbridge involves getting soaked. Anyway, now I’m here in the most beautiful oasis. A gorgeous bell tent to myself and the lady has brought me tea and coffee as her chickens follow her around. This couldn’t be more beautiful. So you see, just when you think it’s all rubbish, things change and you’re happy again. I love this place.
Alastair Hilton51,766 次观看 • 3 天前

Good morning you gorgeous people. I’ve woken here in paradise. Well, a glamping site in Woodbridge. I’ll attach a link to this place in the replies as it’s so perfect that I’d certainly recommend a stay. Anyway, this morning you get to see my bedroom and I give you a little tour of the place. Believe me, you’ll want to watch to the end to see my neighbours
Alastair Hilton22,537 次观看 • 2 天前

Outside the pub right now, waiting for my grocery delivery to be delivered and the camera car is here. He drives up and down the road, instantly and automatically fining anyone without a permit. I think it’s wrong. So I’m stood in the road being pathetic and childish and delaying him from ruining peoples evening. This country is just plummeting to the bottom and I think we’ve all had enough. Never thought I’d reach this level.
Alastair Hilton1,554,933 次观看 • 10 个月前

On a train heading out of London for a trip to England. Thought I’d show you the architectural dross that is Nine Elms. Possibly the most poorly designed, most devoid of character, devoid of personality area in London. If you can bear to watch to the end, there is a glimpse of an architectural masterpiece amongst it all though.
Alastair Hilton366,593 次观看 • 2 个月前

And now I’m here in John Lewis. Am I the only person who wants to buy a nice bowl or a lovely plate that’s made in Britain and not in China? Sophie Conran, PortMeirion is beautiful and sounds British but made in China. Rick Stein Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall. Sounds Cornish but made in China. Almost everything I have picked up here is made in China. I’ll happily pay more for British made, in what I thought was a British shop, but it seems to be impossible.
Alastair Hilton397,409 次观看 • 3 个月前

Who wants to watch me walk past some Romanian gypsies just off Oxford Street, whilst Rolls Royces cruise by, as I go to catch the Elizabeth line this evening? As a bonus, you get to see and hear my beautiful footwork as I run down the escalator. It’s like watching Fred Astaire
Alastair Hilton79,933 次观看 • 24 天前

Tuesday morning, outside Liverpool Street Station, London. A never ending stream of commuters, off to jobs they hate, having to talk to people they don’t like, buying coffee that’s a million pounds a cup, before they go home, go to bed and repeat tomorrow. And the next day
Alastair Hilton1,873,768 次观看 • 1 年前

And after a million hours on a rammed district line tube from Chiswick, I’ve arrived in Mile End, East London. It’s dark and raining, so I’m thinking that what I need, is the warm embrace of a pub. As it happens, I know of one just around the corner. A proper boozer.
Alastair Hilton363,672 次观看 • 4 个月前

And now I’m here to give you a real treat. My little history tour about the very famous album by David Bowie. This is where the photographs for the cover of Ziggy Stardust were taken. Today, it’s where a cocktail bar is packed and in full swing, before 9:30 in the morning
Alastair Hilton30,826 次观看 • 10 天前

Good morning you beautiful people and what better way to start your Sunday morning, than by watching me on the telly yesterday. Here I am with the lovely Dawn Neesom on GB News talking about the Unite the Kingdom March. (I’m not sure why they edited part with just a film of flags instead of my beautiful face. I can only assume they were worried you’d have too much of a good thing. Keep watching and listening through that though as I do reappear).
Alastair Hilton55,503 次观看 • 21 天前